Sometimes I just feel like, I still might Why do I put up fight, why do I still write Sometimes it's hard just dealin' with real life Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just mics And show these what my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate Somethin ain't right, hit the brake Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it ain't my big eyeballs, my insides crawl And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I just can't do it, my manhood's Just stripped, I have just been vicked So I must then get, off the bus split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the fuck World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, make a new plan for me to just stand up, and travel new land Time to just take matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't follow the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the same To the same plant, and the pants Tryin' to chase rap, gotta ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor little baby sister, she understand Sits in front of the TV, her nose in the pad And just colors until the crayon gets dull in her While she colors her big and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what really goes on in her little I could be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from somethin' I wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, I ain't blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I grow me two nuts yet Don't gotta rep my step, don't got pep The pressure's too much man, I'm just tryin' to do what's And I try, sit and I cry Yo I tell no lie, not a moment goes by That I don't pray to the sky, please I'm you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I hope you can me homey wherever you are Yo I'm tellin' you dawg I'm bailin' this tomorrow Tell my I love her, kiss baby sister goodbye Say you need me baby, I'm never too far But yo I get out there, the only way I know And I'mma be back for you, the second that I On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to I go, back to this 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just matters into my own hands Once I'm over these man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' the footsteps I'm makin' my own Only way that I how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
You gotta it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be this borderline of Detroit city limits It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, never even see But everything to me, it's my credibility You never seen smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible upon the pedestal as me But yet I'm still unsigned, havin' a rough Sit on the porch with all my friends and dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But it comes crunch time, where do my punchlines go Who I show, to bust my flow Where must I go, who must I Or am I just another in the bucket Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little Rabbit foot so it I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little who I hang out with I look a bum, yo my clothes ain't about shit At the Salvation Army to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to travel this I feel like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one thing I want Is pity from no one, the is no fun is no sun, and it's so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm bein' pulled apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to just make me wanna jump out of my Sometimes I feel like a robot, sometimes I just not I'm doin I just blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the kettle so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass I don't got But learned, it's time for me to U-turn Yo it only takes one for me to get burned Ain't no no next time I meet a new girl I can no play stupid or be immature I got every ingredient, all I need is the Like I already got the beat, all I is the words Got the urge, it's a surge a new burst of energy has occurred Time to these free world leaders the 3 and a third I am no scared now, I'm free as a bird I turn and cross over the median curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a blur 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to stand up, and travel new land Time to really just matters into my own hands Once I'm these tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel Ain't gon' follow the footsteps I'm my own Only way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile